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Andy Van Slaars @vanslaars.io · 28/12/2025

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains.

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Andy Van Slaars @vanslaars.io · 18/10/2025

The "AI all the things" hype seems to be everywhere but in what world does my mouse need to be AI enabled?

screenshot of the Logitech software that allows me to configure a mouse trying to convince me to try out their AI Prompt builder.

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Andy Van Slaars @vanslaars.io · 13/01/2025

It currently feels like 3° out here. 🥶 Keeping it cozy with the fireplace 🪵🔥

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Andy Van Slaars @vanslaars.io · 04/01/2025

Feels like I’m not going outside 🥶

Partial screenshot of the iOS weather app showing 17 degrees Fahrenheit with a feels like temperature of 2 degrees Fahrenheit. Additional text reads “windy conditions expected around 12pm. The lowest Feels Like temperature will be 2° around 11am.”

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Andy Van Slaars @vanslaars.io · 13/12/2024

We went big on the tree this year. My wife put 5,200 lights on this beast!

Large Christmas tree covered in white lights

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Andy Van Slaars @vanslaars.io · 12/12/2024

Brown sugar pecan old fashioned I will be enjoying while we decorate gingerbread houses.

Double old fashioned glass with a large clear ice cube and brown liquid. A candied pecan is on the ice cube as garnish and the bottles of rye, pecan syrup, and chicory pecan bitters are in the counter behind the glass.

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Andy Van Slaars @vanslaars.io · 07/12/2024

Seeing the Nutcracker with the family

Theatre with the house lights on and a screen depicting a man with an eye patch and top hat in front of snow covered pine trees

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Andy Van Slaars @vanslaars.io · 21/11/2024

It’s way too early for sunset, but it sure is pretty today.

Colorful sunset behind barren trees and suburban homes

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Andy Van Slaars @vanslaars.io · 19/11/2024

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, or Alice In Chains

Album cover from the 1992 self-titled Rage Against the Machine album

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Andy Van Slaars @vanslaars.io · 18/11/2024

This has been me all day today 😅

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Andy Van Slaars @vanslaars.io · 18/11/2024

Look at that sweet UI! So much blue. Eventually I got a dot-matrix printer that used that continuous feed of perforated paper and an Iomega Zip drive.

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Andy Van Slaars @vanslaars.io · 18/11/2024

LinkedIn trying to make me feel old and remind me of how long I’ve been hating it in the same message.

LinkedIn notification telling me to celebrate my 19th LinkedIn anniversary by sharing a post of my key milestones

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Andy Van Slaars @vanslaars.io · 15/11/2024

Hoping this gets me through the tariff years 🤞

order confirmation for a macbook pro with:

16-inch Liquid Retina XDR display

Apple M4 Max chip with 16‑core CPU, 40‑core GPU, 16‑core Neural Engine

64GB unified memory

1TB SSD storage

140W USB-C Power Adapter

Three Thunderbolt 5 ports, HDMI port, SDXC card slot, headphone jack, MagSafe 3 port

Backlit Magic Keyboard with Touch ID - US English

Accessory Kit

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Andy Van Slaars @vanslaars.io · 15/11/2024

If you use @tailwindcss.com and have classes applied through some kind of transformation (remark, rehype, shiki transformers, etc.), you can add utility classes that might otherwise be stripped out during your build to the `safeList` array in your Tailwind config to make sure they exist when needed.

part of the tailwind config file that includes the content array followed by a safeList array that includes two classes called "highlighted" and "highlighted-word".

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Andy Van Slaars @vanslaars.io · 12/11/2024

Astro is kicking ass in terms of performance! The little confetti animation in lighthouse is a fun little bonus when you get it all nailed down 😄.

Lighthouse in Chrome DevTools showing scores of 100 for performance, accessibility, best practice, and SEO. It has some confetti in the background from the animation that plays for a perfect score.

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Andy Van Slaars @vanslaars.io · 08/11/2024

You can't write new posts without rebuilding your site first, right?

Screenshot of the "Migrate an existing project to Astro" page with the link for the Next.js migration guide highlighted due to a mouse hover.

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Andy Van Slaars @vanslaars.io · 05/11/2024

Quote post your favorite pet pic

A black and white border collie with an open mouth that looks like a smile standing in healthy green grass.

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Andy Van Slaars @vanslaars.io · 05/11/2024

I did the thing (last week). If you haven’t yet, please vote!

The Michigan “I Voted” sticker with a wolf man drawing.

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Andy Van Slaars @vanslaars.io · 03/11/2024

Lucy joins our old man, Monkey the white and brindle pit mix, who is almost 15 years old and our 1 year old retriever mix, Pepper.

Two dogs lying on a couch. The black puppy in the foreground and a white and brindle dog just behind her.

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Andy Van Slaars @vanslaars.io · 03/11/2024

We attempted to foster a dog. When you decide to adopt the foster dog, they refer to you as a foster failure. We set a record for fastest foster failures. We picked her up Tuesday morning and told them we had decided to adopt her by Wednesday morning 😂. This is Lucy.

Black dog with a white beard and chest lying on a light brown leather ottoman with a colorful rug on the floor. Another dog is barely visible peaking over the ottoman

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Andy Van Slaars @vanslaars.io · 02/11/2024

Success! So much pulled pork!

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Andy Van Slaars @vanslaars.io · 02/11/2024

Pork is looking good! Not ready to pull yet, but progress has been made.

4 large pieces of pork on a smoker with a deep mahogany color

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Andy Van Slaars @vanslaars.io · 02/11/2024

I’ll post tech stuff here eventually, but today I’m in full on suburban Dad mode. Smoking about 30 lbs of pork butt for pulled pork. I’ll be doing some repairs and maintenance on the house while this cooks.

Raw pork butt, a cutting board, a knife and some barbecue rub bottles

4 large pieces of seasoned pork on a pellet smoker at the very start of a low and slow cook

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